PLAYED AT: Mosaic PlaceDate: Apr 24, 2014GAME NOTES: YOUNG NATIONALS TOP GRENADIERS, CLINCH SEMIFINAL SPOT
DAVID BRIEN
MOOSE JAW, Sask. – Steven Harland scored the game-winner late in the second period, helping the Toronto Young Nationals to their third win in a row at the 2014 TELUS Cup, 3-1 over the Grenadiers de Châteauguay on Thursday afternoon.
The victory leaves Toronto (3-1-0) alone in top spot for the time being, and clinches a spot in Saturday’s semifinals.
Jeremy Pullara and Noah Gurr had the other goals for Toronto.
Justin Samson scored the lone goal for Châteauguay (1-1-2), which missed an opportunity to wrap up a weekend berth of its own.
The teams failed to record a goal in the opening 20 minutes, despite a power play opportunity each. Toronto finished the first period with a 14-8 advantage in shots on goal.
Châteauguay found itself in penalty trouble in period No. 2, and the Young Nationals would capitalize just past the midway mark of the middle frame; Pullara scooped up a loose puck after an Adam DeLuca shot hit traffic in front, spun and snuck a shot under the arm of Grenadiers goaltender Étienne Montpetit.
Toronto would double its lead with 3:59 left in the second.
Max Routledge won a puck battle along the boards before dishing to Louis Di Matteo, whose wrist shot was tipped by Harland for the 2-0 goal.
Down two entering the third period, and outshot 26-16, Châteauguay cut the lead in half at 6:35; after Mikael Sabourin poke-checked a Toronto defenceman, goaltender Oliver Jacobs tried to cover the puck, only to have it squirt free and onto the stick of Samson, who tapped it in to make it 2-1.
But that would be as close as the Grenadiers would get, despite outshooting Toronto 8-7 in the third period.
Gurr hit the empty net from his own zone with exactly a minute to go, putting the final nail in the Châteauguay coffin and providing the final margin of victory.
The Young Nationals will look to solidify their spot atop the standings when they face the Okanagan Rockets in Friday’s first game (9:30 a.m. MT), while the Grenadiers meet the host Moose Jaw Generals in the preliminary round finale (4:30 p.m. MT).

Visiting Team: Grenadiers de Châteauguay

Home Team: Toronto Young Nationals

GRENADIERS DE CHâTEAUGUAY LINEUP

Pos

No.

Name

G

30

Montpetit, Étienne

G

33

Coughlin, Ryan

18

Hylland, Tyler

19

Laberge, Pascal

21

Cardinal, Martin-Olivier

26

Sanche, Pierre-Luc

27

Bellemare, Tommy

35

Séguin, Matthieu

36

Grier, Xavier

44

Peacock, Brendan

54

Samson, Justin

63

Levac, Samuel

68

Desgagnés, Alexandre

72

Pilotte, Adam

89

Taillefer, Jean-Sébastien

90

McCulloch, Brandon

91

Payusov, Alexandre

92

Crête, Danick

95

Sabourin, Mikael

98

Doucet, Justin

GRENADIERS DE CHâTEAUGUAY PENALTIES

Per.

No.

Min

Offence

Off

PP

PS

Start

On

1st

90

2:00

(auto) Interference minor

18:40

1

18:40

3:20

2nd

98

2:00

(auto) Interference minor

9:26

1

9:26

12:34

2nd

68

2:00

(auto) Head Contact minor

12:17

1

12:17

9:43

2nd

95

2:00

(auto) Holding minor

17:56

1

17:56

4:04

2nd

26

2:00

Slashing minor

19:33

1

19:33

2:27

3rd

21

2:00

Slashing minor

8:31

1

8:31

13:29

3rd

98

2:00

(auto) Head Contact minor

16:36

1

16:36

5:24

TORONTO YOUNG NATIONALS LINEUP

Pos

No.

Name

G

33

Jacobs, Oliver

G

35

Benigno, Izzy

4

Di Matteo, Louis

5

Cannata, Christian

6

Routledge, Maxwell

8

Harland, Steven

9

Graham, Mackenzie

13

Longo, Tyler

15

Bozzo, Marco

17

Gurr, Noah

19

Deluca, Adam

21

Herman, Justin

22

Peng, Scott

24

Patterson, Bryce

28

Molinnus, Kyle

44

Guest, James

51

Kalpouzos, Nikolas

81

Brown-O'Flynn, Kaelan

91

Pullara, Jeremy

TORONTO YOUNG NATIONALS PENALTIES

Per.

No.

Min

Offence

Off

PP

PS

Start

On

1st

9

2:00

(auto) Hooking minor

3:41

1

3:41

18:19

2nd

81

2:00

Slashing minor

8:06

1

8:06

13:54

3rd

9

2:00

Slashing minor

3:57

1

3:57

18:03

3rd

19

2:00

(auto) Boarding minor

17:19

1

17:19

4:41

GRENADIERS DE CHâTEAUGUAY Goals

GRENADIERS DE CHâTEAUGUAY PLAYERS (plus)

TORONTO YOUNG NATIONALS PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

3rd

6:35

54-95

TORONTO YOUNG NATIONALS Goals

TORONTO YOUNG NATIONALS PLAYERS (plus)

GRENADIERS DE CHâTEAUGUAY PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

2nd

10:40

PP

91-19-9

2nd

16:01

8-4-6

3rd

19:00

17

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES

GRENADIERS DE CHâTEAUGUAY

0 / 4

TORONTO YOUNG NATIONALS

1 / 7

PENALTY SUMMARY

GRENADIERS DE CHâTEAUGUAY

14 min / 7 inf

TORONTO YOUNG NATIONALS

8 min / 4 inf

POINT SUMMARY

GRENADIERS DE CHâTEAUGUAY

1 G + 1 A = 2 Pts

TORONTO YOUNG NATIONALS

3 G + 4 A = 7 Pts

SCORING

1

2

3

Total

GRENADIERS DE CHâTEAUGUAY

0

0

1

1

TORONTO YOUNG NATIONALS

0

2

1

3

GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time)

1

2

3

Tot.

On

Off

QUE - Montpetit (60:00) (L)

14

10

6

30

/0:00

3rd/20:00

CEN - Jacobs (60:00) (W)

8

8

7

23

/0:00

3rd/20:00

Stars of the Game

TIME OF GAME:

-

Start:

6:00 PM

-

End:

6:00 PM

-

Attendance:

0

OFFICIALS

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CERTIFIED CORRECT

This report has been checked and verified against the Official TELUS Cup Game Report.